When I work with real, physical materials of any kind, they give back to me in a way that hours at my (beloved) MacBook never does.
After seeing the terrific film, Julie & Julia, I was reminded of a quote by Saul Bass that I recently encountered in an article by Ralph Caplan.
Bass describes “fooling with cut paper” as the path to developing his simple, brilliant design.
Creativity suffers when our daily lives become more and more divorced from cooking real, unprocessed food, weeding the garden or writing a greeting card by hand.
Communication and work have migrated to the keyboard, where we can get much more done with such stellar efficiency.
I am inspired to unearth my ancient, battered copy of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” to make Julia Child’s cheese soufflé for the first time in many years. It is time to fool around in the kitchen. Hold my email!
Readers–I need some encouragement. Please leave a comment!
If the Julia Child’s real cheese soufle doesn’t work out, I know a 1950′s alternative of my mother’s that is quick and delicious: Put 5 slices of white bread at the bottom of a baking pan, grate 1/2 lb. sharp Cheddar over bread, then mix 3 eggs slightly beaten, 1/2 t. salt + 2 c. milk. and pour milk mixture over bread Let it stand 1 hour or more. Bake 35 minutes @ 350.
Well it was a pleasure encountering you the other on campus. Always delighted to run into you…I agree, there is something you get more out of if you use tangible tools vs the digital tools in design software.
You know I thought of our tuna casserole a la Julia when I saw the film. And leek and potato soup with our home-grown leeks. Let me know how the souffle turns out!